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  • Coaches Tour 2009 taking shape at McConnell AFB

    The game plan to bring some of the biggest names in college sports to troops overseas is in full motion at McConnell Air Force Base.Regular and Reserve Airmen here are preparing for Coaches Tour 2009, a second annual morale-boosting mission featuring head coaching icons of NCAA football. The

  • The 1930s: A lag, but not the end of aerial refueling

    Editor's note: This is the second in a series of articles celebrating 80 years of aerial refueling and the important role aerial refueling has played in American military history.After the success of the Question Mark's Jan. 1929 aerial refueling flight, and the operational shortcomings of the

  • Military officials monitor swine flu

    Defense Department officials are monitoring the swine flu situation closely, with their primary focus on protecting the military population, a senior Pentagon official said April 27. As officials with the Department of Health and Human Services lead the U.S. effort, the military is posturing itself

  • Flight of the 'Question Mark'

    Editor's note: This is the first in a series of articles celebrating 80 years of aerial refueling and the important role aerial refueling has played in American military history. On Jan. 1, 1929, a tri-engined Fokker C-2 aircraft with a crew of five climbed into the southern California sky. This

  • New psychological readiness Airmen visit 931st

    With so much focus on being physically mission-ready, psychological readiness can sometimes fall through the cracks for Reservists.That is why Capt. Jose Jasso, mental health officer, and Tech. Sgt. Timothy Ogier, mental health technician, visited the 931st Air Refueling Group during its April drill